Crossroads

Chapter 351

“Dominick, what the hell gives you the right to

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-un like this?” me up

The room was roughly 300 square feet, without windows or a balcony, a completely sealed box. The center of the room was divided by a thick glass wall. Inside the high–density, bulletproof glass wall, Courney was like a caged animal, furiously pounding on the glass, shouting and cursing.

“Ms. Peterson, you’d better calm down and cooperate with us.

The guard’s voice, low and menacing, came from behind the alloy electronic door to the right of the glass wall.

“Go fuck yourself! Get me out of here, now!”

Courtney was frantic, kicking the glass with a deafening boom.

The whole space felt suffocating, making it impossible to think straight. The walls glowed an ominous red, adding to the sense of agitation and uncase. Courtney’s clothes were tom, her hair a mess, her eyes blazing with hatred.

She screamed with all her might, pounding her fists in frustration. “Dominick, what the hell are you trying to pull! You better watch your step, goddammit, or Ill kill your precious Stephaniel

“Let me out of here! What gives you the right to lock me up! Fuck, let me gor

“What reason do you think I have to detain you?” Dominick, sitting directly across from her, finally spoke, his face contorted in anger.

Courtney glared back, eyes blazing with rage. “You fucking monster! You’ll get what’s coming to you, you hear me? Dominick, don’t think you’re Invincible. Someone will take you down eventually

Her relentless rant didn’t faze him. He was simply growing tired of her.

“Gary is awake,” Dominick suddenly said

demeanor instantly shifted to shock and

Courtney’s

Courtney seemed to give in, adjusting her emotions as she asked him with

Wellington family possibly not know? You brought me here to interrogate me, and it turns out there are things you don’t

darker and more menacing as he listened to

what happened to Stephanie, was it you?” he asked directly, his

as she looked

her hair with a proud tilt of her chin. “So, it’s about Stephanie again,” she said with

every time she mentioned the name “Stephanie“, it seemed to have a magical effect, causing his brow to instinctively furrow slightly.

close to her? Courtney regained her usual calm composure and asked him,

deep eyes. “Did you have anything to do with what happened to her when she was pregnant?”

noticed a hint

as Dominick was starting to panic.

homewrecker who tore your family apart. Your dad almost divorced your mom, Mary, over that hussy Madison. And Mary took all her anger out on you Let’s face it, your messed–up childhood is all Madison’s

her, sizing him up. Dominick, the golden boy, was perfect, too perfect.

she was determined to see just how deep his secrets ran, a

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Chapter 351

Mary went crazy and found a man of her own. She even teamed up with him to abduct you. Poor little Dominick, only five years old at the time, chained like a dog and dragged around. But a five–year–old should remember what

His lips slightly parted as if words of fury were about to spill

he gritted his teeth and forced his rage

the abducting case in Wellington

and the weather was exceptionally cold during the thaw, Dominick ran and ran, but the strides of a five–year–old could only carry him so far. The sounds of pursuit thundered behind him. Did he feel fear? He couldn’t remember. All he could recall was the coldness, chilling to the bone. The cold made his wounds throb and itch, their edges raw and swollen. His

When the Wellingtons found him, his clothes were

the abducting and eventually. found the perpetrators, but they were dead ends,

now, his grandfather still didn’t know that the mastermind behind his abduction was none other than his own mother.

of it, and time buried it deep. His father eventually reconciled with his mother, who remained the dignified lady of

when he began to